Body color: Light pink w/ several broad vertical dark-red bands on body; bands faded in large specimens.
Peritoneum color: light to dark Shape between eyes: concave to flat
Counts: D:XIII,12-15, Ar:6-8, P1:16-18, GR:26-30, LLp:39-47, LLs:?-?, V:26
Occurence: Central California - Baja California
Depth: 302 meters Size: 64 cm Species code: 30480
Similar species: Redbanded RF - first red band passes over operculum and stops at pectoral-fin base; pectoral rays typically 19 (typically 17 in Flag RF); uncommon south of San Francisco. Tiger RF - all head spines present; body red w/ black or crimson bars; anal spine 2 equal to or shorter than 3. Treefish - body dark olive dorsally, yellowish ventrally w/ 5-6 black-olive bands; head spine 8 present. Shortraker RF - body typically uniform pink to orange-pink occasionally w/ faint darker red bands above lateral line; head spine count differs; anal spine 2 shorter than 3; peritoneum light w/ black dots.